Charles Reynard

2022 April 1 News Article – The Pantagraph – Prosecutors agree to hearings on Bloomington man’s innocence claim in 1998 murder

Kade Heather April 1, 2022 Click HERE to view the article on The Pantagraph. The article can be played when...

2022 April 1 News Article – HOI ABC News – Prosecutors reject convicted killer’s new trial request

By Darnysha Mitchell Published: Dec. 10, 2021 at 4:50 PM PST Click HERE for link to news piece as it aired on...

2022 April 1 News Article – WGLT NPR News – Prosecutors push back on Barton McNeil’s claims in his push for a new trial in daughter’s murder

WGLT | By Edith Brady-Lunny Published April 1, 2022 at 3:48 PM CDT Bart McNeil during a recent court hearing in McLean...

2022 April 1 News Article – WMBD CBS – State files petition to dismiss new trial for Barton McNeil

2022 April 1 News Article – WMBD CBS – State files petition to dismiss new trial for Barton McNeil

by: Austin Schick Posted: Apr 1, 2022 / 08:35 PM CDT McNeil believes he was wrongfully convicted for 1998 murder of his...

2021 December 11 News Article – The Pantagraph & Quad City Times – Watch now: State moves to dismiss McNeil’s petition for relief

2021 December 11 News Article – The Pantagraph & Quad City Times – Watch now: State moves to dismiss McNeil’s petition for relief

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ON-LINE ARTICLE AND TO VIEW VIDEO OF FRIEND AND FORMER CO-WORKER OF BARTON MCNEIL, JEFF...

2021 December 10 News Article – WHOI (ABC News) – Prosecutors reject convicted killer’s new trial request

2021 December 10 News Article – WHOI (ABC News) – Prosecutors reject convicted killer’s new trial request

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ON-AIR PROGRAM THAT ACCOMPANIED THIS ARTICLE Pictured in the hearing are Barton McNeil legal team lawyers...

2021 December 10 News Article – WMBD (CBS) – State looks to dismiss Bart McNeil’s request for a new trial

2021 December 10 News Article – WMBD (CBS) – State looks to dismiss Bart McNeil’s request for a new trial

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE 1-MINUTE NEWS PIECE THAT AIRED ON THE LOCAL CBS NEWS TELECAST by: Austin SchickPosted: Dec 10, 2021...

2020 April 2 News Article – Internet Opens Door To Wrongful Conviction Cases

2020 April 2 News Article – Internet Opens Door To Wrongful Conviction Cases

WGLT | By Edith Brady-LunnyPublished April 2, 2020 at 1:33 PM CDT Barton McNeil is serving 100 years in the 1998 suffocation...

News Articles 1998-1999

2002 July 19 News Article – Child Killer’s new jail term 100 years

WEBSITE AUTHOR NOTES: As referenced in Barton's lifetime sentencing article dated August 12, 1999, due to sentencing guidelines, Barton had...

News Articles 1998-1999

1999 July 11 News Article – McNeil’s undoing was self

Happy Birthday to Bart as he turns 65 spending 26 years wrongfully convicted. Please consider sending him $5 or any amount for his prison commissary account as he’ll be sure to write you personally a thank you note in return

The Story of a chance encounter between Barton McNeil and now exonerated Alan Beaman, both wrongfully convicted in McLean County by Prosecutor Charles Reynard during the 1990s

The Story of a chance encounter between Barton McNeil and now exonerated Alan Beaman, both wrongfully convicted in McLean County by Prosecutor Charles Reynard during the 1990s

2024 March 18 NEWS ARTICLE – Illinois Wesleyan professor’s class educates students about local Barton McNeil murder conviction

2024 March 18 NEWS ARTICLE – Illinois Wesleyan professor’s class educates students about local Barton McNeil murder conviction

Where does Barton go from here? A message from Bart himself March 15, 2024 following Judge Yoder’s February ruling denying Barton a New Trial in McLean County

The Barton McNeil Story